Wildlife Quiz Sam

Question 0

American Black Bear

Answer 0

Diet: scavenger; just about anything
Habitat: large undisturbed forest areas
Fact: bear cubs are blind and helpless at birth, can climb trees

Question 1

Little Brown Bat

Answer 1

Diet: soft insects
Habitat: near caves
Other info: hibernates during winter, live birth, can suffer from white nose disease

Question 2

American beaver

Answer 2

Diet: bark of trees and roots of aquatic plants
Habitat: near slow-flowing brooks or streams; make their own swamp with dam
Fact: females are larger than males

Question 3

Eastern Chipmunk

Answer 3

Diet: berries seeds nuts (trail mix)
Habitat: shrubs at edges of forests
Fact: can spend most of its life underground

Question 4

Bobcat

Answer 4

Diet: meat, rabbits, rodents birds
Habitat: forests and brushy desert environments
Fact: females are the boss and are very territorial; can climb trees

Question 5

Coyote

Answer 5

Diet: Small animals, lambs, calves
Habitat: abandoned ag areas, near humans, like open space
Fact: mate for life, hunt alone or in packs; dig burrows for young

Question 6

White-tailed deer

Answer 6

Diet: herbivore: twigs fruit corn
Habitat: meadows fields forests
Fact: wags tail when it senses danger, underside is white

Question 7

Fisher

Answer 7

Diet:birds, mammals
Habitat: dense woods
Fact: doesn’t hunt or eat fish, tree dweller, member of the weasel family.

Question 8

Fisher

Answer 8

Diet: carnivore, birds, mammals
Habitat: dense woods
Fact: doesn’t hunt or eat fish, tree dweller, member of the weasel family.

Question 9

Mink

Answer 9

Diet: birds small mammals crayfish frogs
Habitat:dens or mink farms; rivers and streams
Fact: blind and helpless at birth, stay in dens for several weeks; weasel

Question 10

Moose

Answer 10

Diet: bud twigs leaves aquatic plants
Habitat: forests, wetlands
Interesting fact: name from algonquins-eater of twigs; 40-50 lbs food daily; 1500 lbs

Question 11

Red fox

Answer 11

Diet: omnivore, rodents, birds
Habitat: hollow logs, rock piles, underground burrows
Fact: males- dogs females- vixens 8-15 lbs; dig burrows for young; hears low frequency sounds best

Question 12

Muskrat

Answer 12

Diet: small aquatic animals& vegetation
Habitat: self made lodges near water
Are mainly nocturnal

Question 13

Opossum

Answer 13

Diet: small animals and vegetation
Habitat: wooded areas near water
One toe acts as opposable thumb, protects young in pouch

Question 14

Porcupine

Answer 14

Diet: herbaceous plants, flowers berries grasses
Habitat; hevily wooded areas; in trees
Fact: has hallow QUILLS with a barb at the end

Question 15

River otter

Answer 15

Diet: carnivore, fish turtles crayfish
Habitat: burrow close to edge of river lake or swamp
Weigh between 11 & 31 lbs weasel

Question 16

Eastern Cotton tail rabbit

Answer 16

Diet: greens herbaceous plants
Habitat: open spaces, meadows fields
Fact: 15% of offspring survive babies called kits

Question 17

Striped skunk

Answer 17

Diet: small mammals, fruits, vegetation, insects
Habitat: in dens no further than 1/2 mile from water
Fact: can live up to 10 yrs domestically, in the wild, up to three

Question 19

Striped skunk

Answer 19

Diet: omnivore, small mammals, fruits, vegetation, insects
Habitat: in dens no further than 1/2 mile from water
Fact: can live up to 10 yrs domestically, in the wild, up to three, its spray can blind someone

Question 19

Red squirrel

Answer 19

Diet: mast, berries mushrooms field crops
Habitat: beneath roots of evergreen trees
Fact: chatters at animals that invade territory until animal leaves

Question 20

Gray squirrel

Answer 20

Diet: variety of mast (hard food) berries, mushrooms, field crops
Habitat: near trees that lose their leaves (hardwood)
Fact: 1,000 squirrels swam across ct river, migration, poof up tail when scared

Question 21

Meadow vole

Answer 21

Diet: grasses leaves flowers fruit
Habitat: moist dense grasslands high soil moisture underground
Fact: no outer ear(pinneae)

Question 22

Groundhog

Answer 22

Diet: herbivore : clover wheat flowers
Habitat: underground burrows
Size of cat w/ shorter legs

Question 24

Groundhog

Answer 24

Diet: herbivore : clover wheat flowers
Habitat: underground burrows
Size of cat w/ shorter legs, disinterested of its shadow

Question 25

Transpiration

Answer 25

The evaporation of water off plants

Question 26

What is a natural resource

Answer 26

Things that come from the earth that we use

Question 27

renewable

Answer 27

Replaced at a rate comparable to its use

Question 28

Exhaustible

Answer 28

There is a limit to how much we can use

Question 29

What percentage of water in lakes, rivers, and streams makes up the earth

Answer 29

0.03

Question 30

In what way do we use freshwater most

Answer 30

Agricultural Irrigation

Question 31

What percentage of the earth is water

Answer 31

70%

Question 32

Aquaculture

Answer 32

The farming of freshwater and making plants and animals